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Vanessa has been with Bal­ti­more Ravens wide re­ceiver Mike Wal­lace for seven years; they have two kids to­gether.

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Her man signed an $11.5 mil­lion con­tract with the Ravens in March, but Vanessa says she doesn’t de­pend on him for fi­nan­cial sta­bil­ity. “I’m build­ing my own em­pire,” she tells In Touch of her real es­tate en­deav­ors. “I work just as hard, if not harder, than Mike!”